SOCIETY & CULTURE

 

Jawas are passionate scavengers, combing the deserts of Tatooine for droids or scraps which they would capture & sell to the local residents, forming a codependent circle of trade. However, they had a reputation for swindling, selling hastily refurbished equipment & faulty droids. Thus, moisture farmers were wary of their goods, but they often purchased them due to being hard-pressed to find a better selection in their remote locations. Jawas could create specialized "monster droids" made up of various parts from a variety of droids.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jawas were found lurking at podracing tracks in order to haul away smoking debris from crashed Podracers. Jawas were usually first on the scene of a crashed starship, as Anakin Skywalker discovered when he crash-landed the Twilight on Tatooine.

 

A Jawa could often speak both their native Jawaese which utilized scent as well as spoken words to convey meaning, thus making it impossible for outsiders to understand, & their simpler Jawa Trade Talk, allowing them to communicate more easily with other species.

 

Jawas traveled through the desert and transported their droids in their huge sandcrawler transports. Defunct mining companies on Tatooine had abandoned these vehicles in the desert once their projects failed, allowing the Jawas to use them as mobile bases.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some Jawas worked for Jabba the Hutt & had tentative peaceful relationship with the Tusken Raiders, or "Sand People," an aggressive species also native to Tatooine. However, the Jawas preferred to avoid the Sand People when possible due to their unpredictable nature. They also feared the Krayt dragon, & getting caught in a sandstorm was just as dangerous.